1.   According to Aleksandr Koshelev, Orlov warned the tsar that he risked destroying the gentry and losing his throne.

2.   Kaiser Wilhelm lost the throne of Germany after World War I and went into exile in the Netherlands.

3.   Napoleon lost his throne but made a comeback.

4.   The Idaho potato, long the king of the U.S. market, is in danger of losing its throne as the world potato industry grows more competitive.

5.   The monarch lost his throne in part because he had angered Muslim extremists when he tried to extend education and other rights to women.

6.   The only thing for certain right now is that Duval is the king and Woods is the one who has lost the throne in a hostile coup.

7.   The women wear the fashions of the earlier Tang dynasty, during which an emperor had nearly lost his throne through his desperate infatuation with a consort.

8.   His son became the last king of Bavaria, losing the throne at the end of World War I.